ENG205

This course introduces students to key genres like anime, musicals, auteur films, film noir, melodrama, and westerns, with films drawn primarily from East Asia, the U.K., and the U.S. Particular attention will be paid to making transnational connections between different film traditions. Readings in genre theory, film theory, and visual studies. Topics include aesthetics, money, globalization, kinship, and gender. Films in English and in English translation. HUMN, Fall semester.

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